Thursday, May 21, 2015

Meet brother Cristóvão!

Let’s find out a bit
more about the smiling brother Cristóvão, who provides a great help at the
Santa Luisa de Marillac School, in Manjangue.

Cristóvão Carlos
Ngovene is 22 years old and he is a scholarship holder of our sister charity
UPG Portugal. With his scholarship, for which he’s so grateful, he’s able to go
every day to Chókwè’s high school to conclude his education. He’s in the 11thgrade and lives around 20Km away from school, in
Manjangue, with his parents Carlos Ngovene and Arminda Nhina and his 4 brothers
and 1 sister - Elias, César, António, Azaias and Mónica.

Cristóvão is working
with Santa Luisa de Marillac School (SLM) from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m. providing a
crucial support in several areas within the scope of ALG’s technical courses
area. He visits the children who are ill or who miss school and he accompanies
ill children to the health clinic. Cristóvão acts as connecting link between
the children since he knows all the sponsored children very well and speaks the
local dialect - Changana.

But his main function
at SLM is After-school Support were he’s been brilliant! He’s proactive,
attentive to detail, hardworking and extremely creative in the art of teaching
Portuguese. Cristóvão told us he loves working with children teaching them how
to read and write.

In his spare free time
he likes to help his mother in the farming plot and once he finishes his high
school education he would like to become an English teacher.

Khanimambo
brother Cristóvão for your daily effort and dedication to these children who
look up to you and respect you so much. You are a role model!